When the hippie crossing guard, Mr. Louie, puts a love potion in the water fountain before Valentine's Day, everyone at Ella Mentry School falls in love.

Relates the tale of Rumpelstiltskin's childhood and youth, explaining why his name is so important, how he is able to spin straw into gold, and why a first-born child is his reward for helping the miller's daughter-turned-queen.

Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.

While trying to outwit his arch enemy Pete the barncat, Hank the Cowdog is duped into believing a worthless corncob will bring him fame and fortune.

Mr. Macky dresses up as Abraham Lincoln to get the students at Ella Menty School excited about their Presidents' Day oral reports.

Fox tries to earn the money for a new bicycle in several different jobs.

As the new computer lab teacher tries to bring Ella Mentry School into the twenty-first century with her peculiar inventions, second-grader A.J. struggles to survive without sugary snacks when principal Klutz bans junk food.

While performing his duties on the ranch, Hank the Cowdog finds that his bones are disappearing, and his friend Drover claims to have seen a monster do it.

From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that...